Washing-machine



(No Model.)

B. W. ALLEN & E. A. KIBBE.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 306,204. Patented Oct. '7, 1884.

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ERASMUS \V. ALLEN AND EDSON A. KIBBE, OF SENECA, KANSAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,204, dated October'7, 1884. Application filed August 25, (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ERASMUS W. ALLEN and EDsoN A. KIBBE, citizens ofthe-United States, and residents of Seneca, in the county of N emaha andState of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in\VashingMachines; and we do hereby deelare that the following is afull,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a partofthis specification, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional viewof our improved washing-machine, and Fig. 2 is a perspective View of theagitator.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Our invention has relation to that class of washing-machines having arotary or rotary reciprocating agitator; and it consists in the improvedconstruction and combination of parts of the agitator, as hereinaftermore fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the suds-box, whichmay be of" any desired construction, and which is provided with'a cover,B, provided with a vertical perforation, O, lined with ametallic boss orbush.- ing, F.- -A shaft, G, is journaled in the said bushing, and isprovided at its upper end with a pinion, H, which receives rotary orrotary reciprocating motionfrom suitable cog-wheels constructionpreferred and shown in the drawings al or cogged segments, the latterbeing broadly; but

1', which may be actuatedin any desired manner. 'lhe agitator K issecured to the lower end of the vertical agitator-shaft G, and itconsists of a plate of sheet metal cut to form four (more or less) arms,L and M, two or more, M, of which arms are slitted longitudinally, andthe portions of the arms upon both sides of the slits are curved, oneoutward and one inward, and all the arms are curved downward. By thisconstruction of the beater-arms the entire agitator maybe made ofonepiece of sheet metal, and the arms will by their shape form veryefficient heaters.

WVe are aware that egg-heaters have been made consisting of a platesecured at one end to a handleand slitted longitudinally, having thestrips thus formed bulged out to alternate sides, and we do not claimsuch construction,

\Ve claim- The agitator consisting of a shaft and a cross shapedsheet-metal plate secured to the lower end of said shaft, having two ofits arms curved downward and slitted longitudinally, and havingthe sidesof the slits bulged out in opposit" directions, and having its plainarms curveo downward, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereuntoaffixed our signa tnres in presence of two witnesses.

ERASMUS \V. ALLEN. I EDSON A. KIBBE.

\Vitnesses:

.T. F. Tr-ronrrsox, .l']. L. ALLEN.

